Casa Campanini ("House Campanini") is an art nouveau building in

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, Italy, located at 11, Via Bellini.V. Lanza (1993), p. 55 It was completed between 1903 and 1906 by architect Alfredo Campanini, who later inhabited the building. A main visual feature of the buildings are the concrete

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s, located at its main entrance, by the sculptor Michele Vedani, which represent a reference to those of Palazzo Castiglioni (by architect Giuseppe Sommaruga), another art nouveau building in Milan.Casa Campanini
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gate, designed by Campanini and created by Alessandro Mazzucotelli, is decorated with flower patterns; similar decorations are also found in the internal lift cage, also in iron. The interior of the palace has a number of polychrome glasses, friezes, and frescos, all in an art nouveau style; some of the inner rooms still house the original furniture and pottery. Decorations, representing cherries, are found on the ceiling of the internal yard.

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* Attilia Lanza (1993), ''Milano e i suoi palazzi: Porta Orientale, Romana e Ticinese''. Libreria Meravigli Editrice. {{Authority control Palaces in Milan Art Nouveau architecture in Milan Art Nouveau houses Houses completed in 1906 Tourist attractions in Milan 1906 establishments in Italy